Forsake Idols3 [Exo 20 : 3-6] / Ephphatha Church Discipleship Training (Basic Course)

 

 

 

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Forsake Idols3

[Exo 20 : 3-6] 

 

/ Ephphatha Church

Discipleship Training

(Basic Course)

 

 

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla

 

 

In Chapter, 3

 

 

we are going to learn

what idols are and what

God tells us about them.

 

 

 

1. Humans and religions

 

 

There are many polytheistic

 countries in the world.

 

 

For example,

the Japanese worship

various gods in

various places,

 

 

including spirits

in the garden, living

rooms, kitchens,

and rooms in the

house...etc.

 

 

Wherever humans live,

traces of the worship

of gods can be found.

 

 

However, there is no

evidence of animals s

 erving gods in the world.

 

 

Thus, only humans

have religions and

we've served only the

God we confessed

to be the Father.

 

 

"Do I mean then that

a sacrifice offered to

an idol is anything, or

  that an idol is anything?

 

 

 

 No, but the sacrifices

of pagans are offered to

demons, not to God,

 

 

and I do not want you

to be participants with

demons.

 

 

You cannot drink

the cup of the Lord

and the cup of

demons too;

 

 

you cannot have a part

in both the Lord's table

and the table of demons. 

(1 Cor 10 : 19-21)

 

 

The Supreme being

is only God, and the

others are not.

 

 

God is expressed

as God and demons

are expressed

as gods.

 

 

Satan is also just

a creature of God.

 

 

These are the beings

to be thrown into

the fire of hell.

 

 

There is no reason

for usto fear them.

 

 

Whenever in our

dreams and in a visions

the fear of evil spirits

come to us, call out

the name of Jesus.

 

 

With just one shout out,

fear disappears from us.

 

 

 They come into us

through fear.

 

 

Worldly people worship

their hand-made figures,

animals, and things

in nature as idols.

 

 

They worship as idols t

he things that God has

commanded human

  beings to rule over.

 

 

That is, what reveals

the glory of God has been

turned into idols,

 

 

and such a lustful life

has put them into

spiritual depravity.

 

 

There is only one God

who is worthy to be praised.

 Our absolute priority is God.

 

 

How great is the love

the Father has lavished

on us, that we should

be called children

of God!

 

 

And that is what we are!

The reason the world

does not know us is

that it did not

know him.

 

 

 Dear friends, now

we are children of God,

and what we will be has

not yet been made

known.

 

 

But we know that

when he appears, we shall

be like him, for we shall

see him as he is.

(1 Jn 3 : 1-2)

 

 

Humans idolize what

they see in front of them

with stupidity and greed.

 

 

They serve all things

in nature, idolize them,

 

 

and serve fallen angels

who will be judged and

thrown into hell.

 

 

Those who worship

these idols are sure

to have shame,

  punishment, and

destruction.

 

 

Blessed are those

who serve God

as their Lord.

 

 

Serving idols can

never be forgiven.

 

 

We should receive

God as Father and

 serve the God alone.

 

 

2. Ask yourself the

questions below.

 

 

1) Which do I love more,

God or myself ?

2) Is God my absolute priority?

3) In which room have I had

my God in my inner world?

 

 

3. Summary

 

 

1) Why do humans have

 a religion, unlike animals?

 

 

-Because humans are

spiritual beings and

religious. 

 

 

2) Who is the only

true God in the world?

 

 

-There is only one God.

 He is omnipresent.

 

 

3) Let's identify the types

  of things people worship!

 

 

-God is the creator of

all things, the origin of life.

 

 

Despite He is the Supreme

being, humans worship

all things and beasts 

by embodying them.

 

 

4) Why do all things

in nature exist?

 

 

-God made all things 

in nature for humans

and commanded us

to rule over them.

 

 

And those are our food.

in nature for humans

and commanded us

to rule over them.

 

 

5) What is an idol

and how is it made?

 

 

-Humans serve God's

creatures and make

them idols.

 

 

They serve uselessness,

curse themselves,

and eventually turn

themselves into

suffering.

 

 

6) What are the demons?

 

 

-Some are the

fallen angels and others

are the angels that

sinned against God.

 

 

7) What is the end

of idol worshipers?

 

 

-It absolutely results

in shame and destruction.

 

 

They are judged and

thrown into the lake

of burning sulfur.

 

 

8) What does God say

to us humans?

 

 

-God has saved us

in justice (grace),

and He wants to

bless us.

 

 

He wants to restore our

relationship with God 

to that of father

and children.

 

 

9) What is the worst

sin in the world?

 

-It is idolatry.

 

10) What are the idols

or other religions you

 abandoned?

 

 

-Find out what your idol

is and break it down.

 

 

4. Sanctification

(Ex: The mirror

vs The glass)

 

 

What we need

to do is sanctification.

 Look at myself in front

of the mirror.

 

 

Then I can only see

myself and cannot see

behind the mirror.

 

 

The process of our

sanctification is like

peeling off a

  coated mirror.

 

 

When young, our souls

were as pure as glass.

 

 

Our souls are the hearts

of children, like a glass plate

 with one inside and outside.

 

 

However, growing up,

our souls have been

covered with worldly

knowledge,

 

 

and the glass that was

 the same inside and

outside has become 

a mirror that we

cannot see behind.

 

 

It is the process of

sanctification to peel

off, or throw away,

 this over-coated self

one by one.

 

 

Knowing God is higher

knowledge, and knowing

the world is lower

knowledge.

 

 

Through the Bible we can

remove common sense

and fixed frames.

 

 

Then, the spirit

becomes clear, the

eyes of the spirit get

opened and you get

to see behind

 the mirror.

 

 

5. Conclusion of idolatry.

 

 

Idols are useless.

It is the idolatry to

breathe the spirits into

those vain things,

 

 

and they make

human beings ridiculed

and drunk with them.

 

 

It is no different

from alcohol.

 

 

We can find the

conclusion of idolatry

in the following

scriptures.

 

 

"When you cry out

for help, let your

collection of idols

save you!

 

 

The wind will carry

all of them off,

a mere breath will

blow them away.

 

 

But the man who

makes mehis refuge

will inherit the land

 and possess my holy

mountain."

   (Isa 57 : 13)

 

 

 

2020/11/14

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

 

 

 

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